I think that "first" in the name would not work for an arbitrary collection, which might not have any order at all. "copy" sounds too low-level.

I do like #slice:. The name #take: is inspired from libraries for other languages and database frameworks. Yet, #slice: might also be better for randomized sampling (if desired) than #take:.

Then, we have #anyOne. So, what about #some:? ... or #anySome:? :-D

Best,
Marcel
Am 10.05.2019 09:22:12 schrieb K K Subbu <kksubbu.ml at gmail.com>:
On 10/05/19 11:34 AM, Marcel Taeumel wrote:
> Hmmm...
>
> (Set withAll: (1 to: 11)) take: 4 "-> e.g. #(1 2 3 4)"
> (Set withAll: (1 to: 11)) size take: 4 "-> 330"

May I suggest using #slice: or #copyFirst: for collections?

slice: 10
copyFirst: 10


Regards .. Subbu
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